Vase holder



Oct. 19 1926.

- A. M. RICHARDS VASE HOLDER Filed Jan. 1926 Patented Get, 19, 1926near. rates ALICE M. RICHARDS, OF OSHKO$H, WISCONSIN.

VASE HOLDER.

Application filed January 25, 1926.

My invention relates to vase holders of the collapsible frame type, suchas shown in my prior Patent 1,559,005, for supporting in a stable mannercollapsible paper vases such as shown in my prior Patent 1,490,026, mypresent purpose being to provide a wall vase holder, that is, one thatis adapted to be hung against a wall or similar support and which may befolded to operative and inoperative positions, in the former'positionaffording a firm and staunch support for a vase positioned therein, andinthe latter position being inconspicuous and out of the way.

Itis also my purpose to provide a wall vase holder that is neat andattractive in appearance, strong, durable, cheap and easy to produce andthoroughly reliable and efficient in use.

Vl ith the foregoing-and other purposes in view, my invention consistsin the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated 1n theaccompanying drawings and defined in the appended claims.

of reference denotes corresponding parts in the different views Fig. 1is a front elevation of a wall vase holder constructed in accordancewith my invention, showing the same in a folded or collapsed condition;

Fig. 2, a side elevation showing my vase holder in an operative or setup condition with a Vase positioned therein; and

Fig. 3, a top plan view of my vase holder in its set up condition.

As shown in the drawings my improved vase holder preferably is formedfrom flat metallic strips and consists essentially of only three mainparts, namely, a frame 10 and upper and lower ring elements 12 and 14,respectively, which latter are pivoted to said frame for swingingmovement between inoperative or collapsed and operative or set uppositions as shown, respectively, in Figures 1 and 2.

Frame 10 is formed from a single strip of material bent upon itselfsubstantially midway between its ends to provide an eye 16 by means ofwhich said frame maybe suspended from a nail or the like projecting froma wall or similar support, and from said eye the two side arms, 18, 20,respec tively, of said frame are extended down- Serial No. 83,656.

wardly in side to side abutting relation for a considerable distance andthen diverged outwardly as at 22, 24, respectively, after which they areconverged as at 26, 28, respectively, and their lower end portions 30,32 brought relatively close togetherin spaced parallelism with theextreme free end portion 34 of one of said arms, arm 18 in thisinstance, bent to extend laterally across the space between saidportions30, 32 and to frame 10, a pin or rivet 38 being passed through alinedopenings in said arms 18, 20 and in the free ends of portions 34, 36 topivotally connect ring element 12 to frame 10 for swinging movementbetween the positions shownin Figs. 1 and 2. In the inoperative positionof ring 12 shown in Fig. 1, In the drawings, wherein like characters.

that is, when said ring is swung to a vertical position 111 the plane offrame 10, portions 34, 36 frictionally' engage arms 18, 2O andthus serveto hold said ring in such position, while on the other hand, when ring12 is swung to a horizontal or operative position as shown in Fig. 2,the lower edges of portions 34, 36 contact with the diverging portions22, 24, respectively, of frame 10 whereby said ring is held in itslatter position.

Lower ring 14 also is formed from a single strip of material and has itsfree end portions 40, 42 extended in side to side abutting relation andreceived between the portions 30, 32, of frame 10, a pin or rivet 44serving to pivotally connect said portions 40, 42 with said portions 30,32 whereby ring 14 may be swung between its inoperative and operativepositions shown, respectively, in Figures 1 and 2, in the formerposition lying in the plane of frame 10 between the portions 26 and 28thereof, and being so held by reason of the frictional engagement ofportions 40, 42 with portions 30, 32, and in the latter positionextending horizontally from frame 10 and being held in such position byreason of the lower edges of portions 30, 32 contactl ing with thehorizontal portion 34 of frame Portions 4O, 12 of ring Hare of suchlength that when both rings 12 and 14: are swung to horizontal positionsthe center of ring 14, which latter preferably is of more or lesselliptical shape thereby to better hold a collapsible vase in set upcondition, is in vertical alinement with the center of ring 12, so thata vase, illustratedat 46 by dotted lines in F ig. 2, will be supportedin upright position when placed as shown within said rings, and will befirmly supported by said holder as is obvious. When the holder is notriuuse the rings 12, 1 1 are swung to their out of the way positions shownin Fig. 1. 1.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it isbelieved that the construction, operationand advantages of my improved vase holder will be fully understood. 1desire to point out, however, that various changes and desirableadditions may be made in and to the same within the spirit and scope ofmyinvention as defined inthe appended claims.

I claim:

1. A vase holder comprising a frame including a portion having an eye atthe u per end thereof whereby the holder may be suspended from a supportprojecting from a wall, portions of said frame being extended laterallyfrom said first mentioned portion for engagement with a wall to pre ventthe frame from rotating upon a support by which it is suspended, and avase receiving' ring includinga pair of arms embracing the firstmentioned portion of said frame and pivoted to the latter to permit thering to be swung between a position at an angle to said frame and aposition in the memb parallelism to positions in alinement in the planeofsaid frame, one of said ring memhers being pivoted to said framebetween the parallel portions thereof adj acent to said cross memberwhereby the latter serves as a stop to limit swinging movement of saidring member.

3. A vase holder comprising a frame including a pair of side armsextending for a .portion of their length in parallelism, the parallelportion of one of said arms terminating in a right-angular extension,and a pair of vase receiving ring members pivoted to said frame forswinging movement between positions in spaced parallelism .andpositionsin alinement in the plane of said frame, one of said ring members beingpivoted to said frame adjacent to said right angularly extendingterminal portion thereof whereby the latter serves as a stop to limitswinging movement of said ring In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix mysignature.

" ALICE M. RICHARDS.

